2. How do I use the new features?

3. The New Toolbar This is where you will find the options located under the “File” tab in earlier versions of word The area surrounded by the red rectangle is the “Home” task bar. Here are the most common options used, such as cut, copy, text alignment, delete, find, select etc.

4. The Insert tab Under the insert tab you will find all of the options previously available in power point The new format makes these options more accessible Also a new feature of power point 2007 allows you to download features known as “add-ins” that optimize your presentation The Insert Tab

5. By accessing Microsoft help and searching for “add- ins” you will be directed to the Microsoft website by double clicking the “Downloads site on Office Online” Once at this website you can add-in tools that automatically embed youtube videos in your presentation, allow you to publish your presentation on-line or as a pdf, and many other options What is an Add-In?

6. The Design Tab The design tab allows you to change the design elements of the slide The Page Setup and The Slide Orientation buttons allow you to change the layout of the Slide The design templates at the top of the page allow you to preview what designs are available and how they will change the look of your presentation in “real time”

7. The Animation Tab Once text is entered the Animation tab allows you to add movement to it The custom animation key Once selected a window like this one is opened By selecting text you can add effects to it by selecting an effect from the Add Effect key One of the new features in 2007 is the ability to preview the changes before you actually chose them

8. Animations continued The animations slide is where you can apply transitions between slides You can also add sounds Change transition speed Apply advance slide transitions

9. The Slide Show Tab The place where the magic happens! Allows you to view your slide show Set up slide show Rehearse timing using the advanced timeline setting Narrate your slide show! As long as you have access to a microphone you can narrate your slide show!

10. Why would you narrate your Slide Show? What if you wanted to really stress a point? What if you had a student who had visual difficulty? What if you had a student who had poor fine and/or gross motor skills?